Ilka H. Beimel

Rechtsanwältin (Lawyer), Senior Associate


Ilka Beimel

Ilka H. Beimel specialises in national and international dispute resolution before arbitral tribunals and state courts. Ilka advises and represents clients on complex cross-border disputes, especially corporate, liability and commercial disputes. She has particular experience in handling disputes involving international sales law. Prior to joining Noerr, Ilka worked as a tribunal secretary in different arbitral proceedings. In this role and as a party representative, she gained experience in arbitration proceedings governed by DIS, CAM-CCBC, ICC, LCIA and VIAC Rules. Ilka is a member of various arbitration associations and a laureate of the DIS Sponsorship Award 2021/2022. She served as a rapporteur to the CISG Advisory Council and taught international sales and arbitration law at a Japanese university. She is involved in various other initiatives and is a co-founder of the regional dispute resolution initiative Rheinische Runde zur Streitbeilegung. Ilka regularly publishes and speaks on topical issues relating to arbitration and international sales law.

Distinctions

  • The most renowned law firms and lawyers for arbitration
    WirtschaftsWoche 2023, mentioned as highly recommended lawyer

Career

Law studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), with stays abroad at Columbia Law School, New York (USA) and Université-Pierre-Mendés, Grenoble (France)
Participating at The Hague Academy of international Law (Netherlands)
Ph.D. at the University of Basel (Switzerland)
Secretary to the arbitral tribunal in various LCIA and CAM-CCBC arbitrations 
Research assistant in various international law firms
Research assistant at various departments at the University of Basel (Switzerland) and Columbia Law School, New York (USA)
Rapporteur for the CISG-AC
Internship at the Secretariat of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC in Paris (France)
With Noerr since 2022
Admitted to the Düsseldorf Chamber of Lawyers

Memberships

  • DIS 40
  • ICC YAAF
  • YIAG
  • Young ITA
  • Young ICCA
  • Young CEAC
  • ASA below 40

Lectures

  • Startups and Arbitration - A Good Match?, DIS40 Rhein/Ruhr, Dusseldorf 24 September 2024
  • My first Arbitration – From the Moot to the Real World, YoungITA Talks Vienna, Austria, 25 March 2024
  • Working with Experts – A Case Study Using the Vis Moot Problem!, YAWP, Vienna, Austria, 23 March 2024
  • Publishing Arbitral Awards – Pros and cons, DIS40 Spring Conference, Munich, Germany, 4 May 2023
  • Independence and Impartiality in International Commercial Arbitration, Interview with Momento CIArb Brazil, Arbitration Channel, online, 26 April 2023
  • Current Issues of Independence and Impartiality in International Commercial Arbitration, Eleven International Publishing, Vienna, Austria, 3 April 2023
  • Perspective Matters! A Moderated Online Debate on Independence and Impartiality in ISDS, YAWP, online, 21 March 2023
  • "Repair and Replacement under the CISG", 5th Conference on International Arbitration and the UN Convention for the International Sale of Goods, Guadalajara, Mexico, 06.02.2020

Publications

  • Neue Pflichten für Schiedsgerichte aus der KI-Verordnung?, SchiedsVZ 2024, 225 (with Dr. Christoph Lüttenberg und Prof. Dr. Simon Heetkamp)
  • The arbitrator's duty to disclose - grounds for a successful challenge?, in: Marianne Roth / Michael Geistlinger, Yearbook on International Arbitration and ADR, Volume VIII (2024), 243 - 252 (with Dr. Jennifer Bryant)
  • Chapter 57 – Germany, in Sieg Eiselen / Francesco G. Mazzotta (Hrsg.), International Contract Manual Part II Country Handbooks, Westlaw 2024
  • The Best of Both Worlds? The Power of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in International Commercial Arbitration, SchiedsVZ 2022, 1 (with Dr. Karsten Faulhaber)
  • Independence and Impartiality in International Commercial Arbitration, Den Haag: Eleven International Publishing, 2021 (Dissertation)
  • Das auf die Schiedsvereinbarung anwendbare Recht – Zugleich: Anmerkung zu BGH, Urteil vom 26.11.2020, I ZR 245/19, IWRZ 2021, 51 (with Prof. (em.) Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer)
  • CISG-AC Opinion No. 21, Delivery of Substitute Goods and Repair under the CISG (with Prof. (em.) Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer), 2020